Mainframe zSystem Migration Engineer (Must be able to work in or relocate to Phoenix, AZ area)

**Must be able to relocate to Phoenix, AZ area for the start of the contract in order to work onsite 3 days a week**

Matlen Silver is actively recruiting for a Mainframe Z Systems Consultant to work for our client's global mainframe engineering team in Chandler, AZ to provide migration support for an IBM z16 to z17 hardware migration project. In this role you will also be responsible for designing and engineering IBM zSystem and zOS platform tools and services aligned with enterprise architecture standards, governance, and security policies.

Responsibilities:

- Designs, engineers, and maintains IBM Mainframe platform tools and services aligned with enterprise architecture standards, governance, and security policies

- Provides subject-matter expertise in zSystem and z/OS infrastructure, supporting application, infrastructure, and engineering teams with technical consultation and best practices

- Translates business and operational requirements into z/OS technical designs, deployment blueprints, standards, and runbooks

- Develops and enhances automation, scripts, and tooling to eliminate manual, repetitive tasks and improve system reliability and efficiency

- Creates reusable templates and playbooks to standardize system builds, configuration, deployment, and ongoing operations

- Evaluates and validates third-party mainframe software and tools for enterprise adoption, ensuring fit-for-purpose and compliance

- Continuously identifies opportunities to improve system performance, resiliency, and operational processes through innovation and modernization

- Contributes to enterprise product and solution evaluations by defining functional and non-functional technical requirements

- Supports risk management, change management, and problem resolution in a regulated, high-availability enterprise environment

Required Qualifications:

- Experience implementing and managing IBM zSystem (z16 or z17) hardware.

- Strong experience configuring, maintaining, and supporting the z/OS operating system, including installing new releases, applying maintenance, and managing PTFs, APARs, and USERMODs using System Modification Program Extended (SMP/E).

- Proficient in developing and maintaining system utilities, exits, and automation using REXX and Basic Assembly Language (BAL/Assembler).

- Demonstrated experience administering z/OS UNIX System Services (USS), including file system management, permissions, scripting, and zFS configuration and support.

- Hands-on experience configuring and supporting JES2, including job class definitions, initiator management, spool tuning, and workload controls.

- Strong working knowledge of TSO/ISPF, including panel usage, utility execution, and support for system programming and operational tasks.

- Hands-on experience configuring and managing logical partitions (LPARs) and processor resources using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

- Demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve system-level issues, including abends, dumps, hardware errors, and performance problems, using IPCS, EREP, and RMF tools.

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience defining and maintaining complex server, storage, and network hardware configurations using Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD).

- Background in mainframe security administration, including defining and maintaining RACF profiles, permissions, groups, and system controls

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